The Department of Physics, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi is organizing three day International Conference on “Advances in Novel Materials: Towards Sustainable Future” (ICAN-24) from 20th to 22nd January, 2024 in collaboration with Condensed Matter Research Society (CMRS), Bikaner. The Conference is sponsored by the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Jharkhand, and the Board of Research for Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. American Institute of Physics (AIP) conference proceedings and EDP Sciences are the publication partners of this Conference.
Governor C P. Radhakrishnan will grace the inaugural session of the Conference on 20th January in the College Auditorium. Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ajit Kumar Sinha of Ranchi University, Ranchi, and Fr. Ajit Xess, Provincial Superior, Ranchi Province are the Guests of Honour in the Inaugural Session of this Conference.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren has also sent his good wishes for the successful organization of this program. Apart from this, ISRO scientist (associated with GSLV project) Dr. Rakesh Ranjan has also expressed his best wishes for the wider impact of this conference.
Realizing the fact that research is one of the most important tools for building in depth knowledge and facilitating specialized learning as envisaged in New Education Policy (NEP), Ranchi-based premiere education cradle, Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi (an Autonomous and Affiliated college of Ranchi University, Ranchi) has took the initiative to lay the foundation of Research and Development activities in this region by organizing this International Conference.
Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Conference Chairperson and Head of the Department of Physics said, “There will be altogether 16 sessions of academicians, researchers, and technocrats comprising Plenary, Keynote and Invited lectures. About 92 contributory papers will be presented at the Conference in seven parallel sessions and one poster session of 20 interested participants for undergraduate and postgraduate students. There is also provision of on-spot registration in the conference”.
Briefing about the invited speakers Dr. Sumit Roy said researchers and academicians have been invited from diverse regions of the globe to represent different perspectives of material science for sustainability. Prof. Rajiv Singh, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UC Davis, California, USA will deliver a lecture on the topic “The promise of quantum materials” Renowned theoretical material scientist and Group Leader from Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Prof. Abhishek Singh will deliberate about “ A machine learning framework for knowledge discovery”. Dr. Mukul Kumar Das from the Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad will discuss " Advances in Fabrication of 2D materials for electronic applications", Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh, Department of Physics, BIT Mesra, Ranchi will share his research experience about “ Engineering Atomically Thin Semiconductors based photodetectors with high responsivity”. Dr. Basudev Pradhan, Department of Energy Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand will discuss the topic " Recent Advances in Solar photovoltaic materials for sustainable future". Dr. Subrata Mukherjee, Head, of Research and Development, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, India will also grace the occasion and deliberate about applied research. Mohan Satya Ranjan, CEO and founder, of Taqanal Energy Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore will deliberate on "Without IoT, AI, ML, and Blockchain there is no sustainable future". Dr. Rafia Ahmad and Mohammad Babar from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will speak about “ Towards sustainability: Ab initio investigations of the molecular aspects of Carbon dioxide hydrogenation on novel materials” and “ Sustainable options in the oil and gas sector: Impact on innovative research and projects globally” respectively.
